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There is a drop in monthly active Lemmy users (from 65k to 57k) (lemmy.fediverse.observer)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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It is probably due to a number of people stopping using their alts after some instance hopping.

Also a few people who came to see how it was, and weren't attracted enough to become regular visitors.

Curious to see at which number we'll stabilize.

Next peak will probably happen after either major features release (e.g. exhaustive mod tools allowing reluctant communities to move from Reddit) or the next Reddit fuck up (e.g. removing old.reddit)

Stats on each server: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list

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[–] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There is a middle ground between "infinite doomscrolling" and just barren. I miss a lot of communities I used to browse on Reddit and they aren't taking roots here. Losing more people isn't a good sign.

[–] gamma@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep, I'm finding about half of my Reddit usage satisfied. I've got all the technical talk I want, but no gaming or writing communities.

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What are those communities you miss?

[–] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A variety of fandom and franchise-based communities, some artistic communities, some more specific sub-communities like Patient Gamers which exists but it's pretty slow.

[–] QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Patient Gamers which exists but it’s pretty slow.

Sounds about right

[–] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Very patient for sure